Evolution of Autonomous Decentralized Systems for Information and Control
Motohisa Funabashi, Katsumi Kawano, Shigetoshi Sameshima, Hiromitsu KATO · SICE Journal of Control Measurement and System Integration · 2008
This paper presents the experiences of the authors over the past three decades with the development of information and control systems based on the concept of autonomous decentralized systems. The autonomous decentralized system concept was born in the late 1970s stimulated by the emergence of microprocessors, which suggested a decentralized information and control system architecture with a publish/subscribe communication model. Successful applications to manufacturing systems as well as social infrastructure systems created the current dedicated architectures which are focused on achieving intelligent communication fields for meeting large-scale ever-changing plants with capabilities enabling collaboration between stakeholders as well as integration of ubiquitous devices.